Letters, Sentences, and MaximsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 327 σελίδες |
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... Stanhope has also been very much mis- represented . He has been called a cub , a bear , and an awkward lout . Actually , he was a learned , skilful diplomatist , for which profes- sion , be it remembered , his father specially educated ...
... Stanhope has also been very much mis- represented . He has been called a cub , a bear , and an awkward lout . Actually , he was a learned , skilful diplomatist , for which profes- sion , be it remembered , his father specially educated ...
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Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. been no idea of forming a model for imitation , but they are simply intended ... Stanhope , Earl of Chesterfield , was born in London on the 22d of September , 1694 , the same year as Voltaire ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. been no idea of forming a model for imitation , but they are simply intended ... Stanhope , Earl of Chesterfield , was born in London on the 22d of September , 1694 , the same year as Voltaire ...
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... Stanhope " ; and beneath the other " Eve de Stanhope . " Thus , while upholding the honor of race , he put his veto upon chimerical vanities arising from it . His father paid no attention whatever to his education ; he was placed under ...
... Stanhope " ; and beneath the other " Eve de Stanhope . " Thus , while upholding the honor of race , he put his veto upon chimerical vanities arising from it . His father paid no attention whatever to his education ; he was placed under ...
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Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. " I shall not tell you what I think of the French , because I am being often taken for a Frenchman , and more than one of them has paid me the highest possible compliment , by saying ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. " I shall not tell you what I think of the French , because I am being often taken for a Frenchman , and more than one of them has paid me the highest possible compliment , by saying ...
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Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. was assuredly very short , nor was he much con- cerned with it . Immediately on the death of Queen Anne , Chesterfield hailed the accession of the house of Hanover , of which he became an ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield. was assuredly very short , nor was he much con- cerned with it . Immediately on the death of Queen Anne , Chesterfield hailed the accession of the house of Hanover , of which he became an ...
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